Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-09-29
No. ~

that make this crop, and keep Its enoi
revenue at home, they will be the richest
people in the world Every farmer who
does that now becomes prosperous and rich.
You may take 1000 who raise their own
meat and bread, and make cotton the surplus
crop, and 900 of them will be prosperous men.
The best formula and opportunity for farm
ing this earth affords is offered in the south
to the man who will raise his own meat and
bread, and make cotton his surplus crop"
sWill your Piedmont exposition show the
resources of the southT
admirably. Birmingham, Admission, De-
catur Sheffield Gadsden, Rome and the other
cities that have become famous in the past
few years will each make collective exhibits
of their minerals, woods and industries at the
exposition. The railroads running through
the Piedmont section will make collective ex-
hibits of everything produced along their
lines. Twenty or thirty counties will make
exhi' f their agricultural products, in
cludt hing produced in the county
from d 4umming birds egg to Durham
bull. Every variety Of grass and grain will
be shown by sample, with statistics as to the
land on which it was grown, the climate,
soil and price 1t will be such an epitome Of
the resources of the south as no man has ever
seen, classified and brought together so that
an investor or home seeker can by two or
three days study, get the capacity of our
lands, and the chances of investment, and
the habits of our people as thoroughly as he
could by travelling six months through the
byways of the south"
"Will he meet the people therer
"In enormous numbers President Cleve-
land and his wife and several members of his
cabinet will be present for three days, and
the president will make an address. The
governors of almost every southern state will
be there, and the people will come in multi
tudes. The largest parade Of volunteer SOL
diery that the south has ever seen will be met
and reviewed by President Cleveland. The
old soldiers who fought on the battle fields
from Chattanooga to Atlanta have been in
vited to come and revisit the scenes through
which they carried the Union flag. Kenesaw
mountain will be Illuminated handsomely and
its crest covered with artillery, and grand
pyrotechnic display will be had there. There
will be racing, balloon ascensions, bicycle
races and all the attractions of great show,
SO that the people will be out in great num-
bers, and Will be glad to welcome their
friends from the north and west
After leaving Grady l noticed the formaI
invitation to President Cleveland displayed
in the window of a leading jeweler. 1t is
unique and striking piece of work. Grady
bore it to the president in person on his re-
cent trip to Washington. 1t is made Of four
leaves of Georgia gold, about the size Of
12mo book, bound with clasps of Georgia
silver, and each clasp set with q Georgia
diamond. The invitation is inclosed in a box
made of sixty-eight samples of Georgia wood,
polished and joined with exceeding skill.
The box is imbedded in block of Georgia
marble of every shade from black to white.
On the cover leaf of the invitation are en-
graved portraits of the president and Mrs.
Cleveland, the monogram of the Exposi-
tion company and a picture of the
club house of the Piedmont Driving club.
On the third page is the invitation
of the Driving club. On the fourth
or last cover page is the engraved picture of
the main building Of the exposition, which is
here given. In presenting the invitation,
stated that it was designed to make it, in
some sense, significant of the resources of
Georgia, in whose capital city the first expo
stion of the famous Piedmont country will
be held.
Whatever may be the result of these south
ern expOsitions, there seems to be an enthu-
siasm among the people here that smacks of
western enterprise and pluck and determi-
nation to add to the souths hitherto sole in
dustry of agriculture that of manufacturing.
JEWETr Cook